Birmingham Design Festival
Exploring the theme of 'Freedom' for Design Festival Birmingham 2022 I drew on the windows of independent bars in Birmingham. Working in partnership with each bar we collaborated on what Freedom means to them which I then responded to with illustrations.
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Cherry Reds menu is full of vegan and natural ingredients which has inspired me to plan a drawing around nature which will start with flower characters growing on the ground floor, right up to birds of freedom flying around on the 2nd floor windows.
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For Bonehead I focused on fashion, creating Flappa chicken wings which are a parody of the Kappa brand.
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The windows of the Wildcat in Stirchley were used as a canvas for giant letters expressing some of the values linked to freedom.
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Cherry Reds menu is full of vegan and natural ingredients which has inspired me to plan a drawing around nature which will start with flower characters growing on the ground floor, right up to birds of freedom flying around on the 2nd floor windows.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84f09d8092b77769e587658644d01e4f824a827ce82a1b65dd4d6e8264776744/bonehead-1.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/240cc398ee3b795fb3dad3887086ed71cf9ace39cdb8760a81442e7cb00bc10a/9.jpg)
For Bonehead I focused on fashion, creating Flappa chicken wings which are a parody of the Kappa brand.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dd14b1e0502432bbe7e854be59fcb7e7faaea79d9620f514cea5de2a1323b23/1.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b87078b748f2984cb3b0c83548c334f491281cc687cff8e85b7bd8f1ea4bd490/2.jpg)
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The windows of the Wildcat in Stirchley were used as a canvas for giant letters expressing some of the values linked to freedom.
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